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Early American Locomotives (Trains) | 
 enlarge | Author: John H. White
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1040847
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 142
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486227723
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.3610973
EAN: 9780486227726
ASIN: 0486227723
Publication Date: June 1, 1972
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Condition: no writing marks, some bent corners, nice clean copy
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Product Description
Finest locomotive engravings from early 19th century: historical (1804–1874), main line (after 1870), special, foreign, but mostly American domestic engines. Many types: grasshoppers, camel-backs, Moguls, Forneys, plus some famous ones — the General, Reuben Wells, Pennsylvania, more. Best source for a spectacular engine. 147 plates.
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Very Fine Engravings May 20, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book over 20 years ago. This is a fantastic book of Steam Engine engravings. You won't find a better collection (at least I haven't.)
Early American Locomotives. December 30, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a collection of engravings from the 19th Century, each with minimal history. It is an absolute gem , a cache of information about locomotives from before the era of manufacturers photographs. Engravings were used as illustration in sales literature and publicity material, and so a wide variety of locomotive types are depicted covering more or less 1800-1900. The accuracy of the engravings is superb-in some cases it is possible to scale from an engraving to determine pipe sizes, nut bolt diameter etc. For the price this book cannot be beaten.
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